biognosis
English
noun
Definitions
- The investigation of life.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γνῶσις (knowledge, knowing, inquiry, known, understanding, investigation).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γνῶσις
Gloss
knowledge, knowing, inquiry, known, understanding, investigation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gnosis English
- gnosis Finnish
- abarognosia Italian
- paragnost Dutch, Flemish
- gnosis Spanish, Castilian
- γιγνώσκω Ancient Greek
- γνωρίζω Ancient Greek
- γνωστικός Ancient Greek
- γνῶσις Ancient Greek
- *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵneh₃tis, *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- gnosis Norwegian Bokmål
- gnoza Polish
- gnosis Norwegian Nynorsk
- gnóis Irish
- γνώση Greek (modern)
- ⲅⲛⲱⲥⲓⲥ Coptic